The Joy of Living Alone

　　More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.――(46)According to a recent U.S.census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

　　The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.――(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

　　It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one.Person household.――(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

　　The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it.“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others.’’David C’Debaca， agrees. (49)

　　Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.

　　(50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a　chance more and more Americans are taking.

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.

　　C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35

　　F He says，“I like being by myself.”

　　答案及解析：

　　1. 文章標(biāo)題分析：The Joy of Living Alone

　　More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.

　　分析：文章可能談及美國(guó)人為什么選擇過單身的生活，以及單身生活所帶來的快樂。

　　2. 被選項(xiàng)分析：

　　思路：

　　表意簡(jiǎn)單的可能是干擾項(xiàng);表意復(fù)雜的往往是答案;

　　有關(guān)系的被選項(xiàng)通常出答案;

　　代詞，定冠詞結(jié)構(gòu)是解題線索;

　　邏輯連詞，副詞是解題線索;

　　與文章主題一致可能是答案;

　　特殊句子：轉(zhuǎn)折句，事實(shí)舉例句，總結(jié)句，觀點(diǎn)句等特殊句可能是答案。

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35 (事實(shí)舉例句，可能是答案)

　　F He says，“I like being by myself.”(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　3. 直接解題：

　　先處理有特點(diǎn)的空格―段首句，段未句，文章結(jié)尾句等：

　　More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.――(46)According to a recent U.S.census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

　　The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.――(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

　　It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one.Person household.――(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

　　The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it.“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others.’’David C’Debaca， agrees. (49)

　　Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.

　　(50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a　chance more and more Americans are taking.

　　判斷空格(49)最有特點(diǎn)，所以首先考慮。

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35 (事實(shí)舉例句，可能是答案)

　　F He says，“I like being by myself.”(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　The number one reason given by most people for living alone is that they simply enjoy doing what they want when they want to do it.“Living alone is a luxury,”says Nina Hagiwara， “Once you do it，you can’t ever go back to living with others.’’David C’Debaca， agrees. (49)

　　F.分析：空格前句提到 “獨(dú)自生活是一種享受，一旦你獨(dú)自生活了，你就不可能再返回去和他人生活在一起”。而且前面提到了一個(gè)具體的人和他發(fā)表的評(píng)論，所以比較被選項(xiàng)發(fā)現(xiàn)F最合適：在含義上(我喜歡獨(dú)自生活)與前句內(nèi)容一致，而且有代詞He直接和前句中的 David C’Debaca呼應(yīng)。

　　考點(diǎn)：相臨語(yǔ)句語(yǔ)意圍繞一個(gè)中心發(fā)展。代詞的指代特點(diǎn)。

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　C However, even more people are living alone because they have chosen to.

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35 (事實(shí)舉例句，可能是答案)

　　More and more Americans are living alone.Some live alone because of divorce or the death of a partner.――(46)According to a recent U.S.census(人口普查)，25 percent of all households in the U.S.are made up of just one person.This is a dramatic change from the extended families of just a couple of generations ago.

　　C.分析：前句中是在對(duì)美國(guó)獨(dú)身人中的具體情況進(jìn)行介紹，而且提到了一些美國(guó)人獨(dú)身的原因，判斷C是答案：C中提到了更大多數(shù)美國(guó)人獨(dú)身的原因。

　　考點(diǎn)：相臨語(yǔ)句語(yǔ)意圍繞一個(gè)中心發(fā)展。“觀點(diǎn)句+事實(shí)分析句”的邏輯發(fā)展特點(diǎn)。

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　E In fact，a quarter of the 23 million single people in the U.S.are under the age of 35 (事實(shí)舉例句，可能是答案)

　　The typical person living alone is neither old nor lonely.――(47)The majority of these people have chosen to live alone.They are responding to decreasing social pressure to get married and have a family.

　　E分析：空格后句中出現(xiàn)代詞“these people”，而空格前句出現(xiàn)的人是單數(shù)形式，因此判斷空格處應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)表意復(fù)數(shù)的人。而且空格前句提到了“年齡的老”，所以判斷E是答案(a quarter of the 23 million single people是復(fù)數(shù)名詞，而且E中提到了年齡)

　　考點(diǎn)：觀點(diǎn)句+事實(shí)舉例句的邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　B The growing number of women with good jobs has done much to increase the number of people living alone.(與文章主題一致，可能是答案)

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　It’s now socially acceptable，even fashionable，to live alone.As people get better jobs and become financially independent，it becomes possible for them to maintain a one-Person household.――(48)However, people who do get married are marrying at a later age and divorcing more often.

　　B.分析：前句中提到“經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立”有可能造成保持一個(gè)人的家庭生活，B中的“婦女有好的工作，增加了獨(dú)身的人數(shù)”與前句內(nèi)容正好呼應(yīng)。

　　考點(diǎn)：觀點(diǎn)句+事實(shí)分析句的邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)

　　A There’s more pressure to get married nowadays (與文章主題相反，且表意簡(jiǎn)單，因此可能是干擾項(xiàng))

　　D It seems that many grown-ups today are realizing that childhood dream

　　Children think that being grown up means being able to do exactly as they please.

　　(50)The chance to discover whether that freedom is as wonderful as it sounds is a　chance more and more Americans are taking.

　　D.分析：空格前面句子中出現(xiàn)了grown up，該詞在D中正好有呼應(yīng)，所以重點(diǎn)關(guān)注。后句中的“自由”也是“夢(mèng)想”中的一個(gè)部分，所以D是答案

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